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With looming gas shortages, Alaska legislators question underperforming Cook Inlet fields

Oil & Gas Matt Acuña Buxton -
Enstar officials' warning about nearing gas depletion prompts talks on gas shortages and strategies to boost Cook Inlet production.
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School administrators plea with legislators for increased funding

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
School districts face the possibility of larger classes, fewer teachers and closures due to stagnant education budgets.
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Alaska Senate leadership calls House GOP’s K12 funding ‘unreasonably low’

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
As the legislative battle over education funding continues to take shape in the state capitol, the bipartisan Senate Majority has made clear the increase proposed by the Republican House Majority is far too low. “I think $300 is unreasonably low,...
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Political pressure builds as state-led Alaska LNG project goes another year without a deal

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
This story is republished from Northern Journal, which depends on subscriber support. Please consider subscribing. Political pressure is building on Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to show progress on its huge state-sponsored liquefied natural gas export project, as it...
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AG Taylor’s family advertised plan to get $8,000 private school tuition subsidy

News Dermot Cole -
This story is republished from dermotcole.com with permission. In May 2022, the wife of Attorney General Tregarrick Taylor said she would seek $8,000 in public funds from the Family Partnership Charter School in Anchorage to subsidize their children’s tuition...
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Alaska House GOP brushed off school bill concerns. Others haven’t.

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
After blocking efforts to restore the $87 million of public school funding vetoed by Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy last year, the Republican-led House Majority is pushing a sprawling education bill over the concerns raised by teachers, families, education...
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Document reveals McKenna Brothers Paving dumped at least 56 tons of waste for free

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers -
A municipal document listing non-paying customers shows McKenna Brothers Paving dumped at least 56 tons of waste at municipal dump sites for free.
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Alaska legislators fail to override Dunleavy’s K-12 funding veto

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
While a majority of legislators ultimately voted in favor of the override, they fell well short of the three-quarter vote needed under the Alaska Constitution to restore $87 million in K-12 funding.
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Alaska House GOP to hold single public hearing on sweeping education bill

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska House Republicans unveiled their omnibus education package on Wednesday afternoon, a sweeping bill that seeks to advance several Republican priorities on charter schools and homeschooling while providing a slight boost to K-12 funding. House Republicans also outlined an accelerated...
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Alaska senator vows to kill renewables bill as energy debate heats up in Juneau

Environment Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Boosters say the legislation would give clear guidance to the state’s electric utilities to start shifting to wind and solar power amid a shortage of the locally produced natural gas that currently powers their plants. 
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